Bridesmaids is finally opening this weekend, and oh-my-stars, I’m thrilled. In fact, I’m overexcited. I’m (unnecessarily) pinning the future of lady-led ensemble comedies on Paul Feig’s testament to bridesmaidenhood, and I think we should plan ahead in case the world decides that women deserve to dominate more comic casts. Hint to the world: They do. Here are five female ensembles we’d like to see in five typically male-driven genres of film.
Diner Comedy
Suggested Cast: Julie Bowen, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Cynthia Nixon
How often is it that women who are amazing with dialogue get a chance to exercise that elan with other women who are amazing with dialogue? Julie Bowen, who is ferocious and vulnerable in Modern Family’s most challenging and most thankless role, is a natural with punchlines, as are the brilliant Amy Adams (who managed to bring some comedy into The Fighter) and Cynthia Nixon (who is the only Sex and the City cast member to refrain from overplaying jokes). Viola Davis, whose Oscar nomination and Tony win commemorate her serious side, deserves a shot at exposing the comic sizzle behind that well-trained visage.
Coming-of-Age Comedy
Suggested Cast: Sarah Hyland, Brie Larson, Emma Watson, Kat Dennings
Apart from Mean Girls, female-led high school ensembles of the past decade have been cloying and boy-centric. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants represents nobody’s idea of real teenage women. My female friends in high school were all smart, unsentimental, bawdy, adult, and sensitive — and this cast, which ranges from the casual cool of Kat Dennings to the snappy cynicism of Brie Larson — could bring back the intelligence and bone-dry humor we still miss from Heathers.
Drunken Debauchery Comedy
Suggested Cast: Jane Krakowski, Julianne Moore, Amy Poehler,…
Source: http://www.celebrities.com/celebrities-gossip/5-all-female-ensembles-wed-love-to-see-in-comedies/
Avril Lavigne Bali Rodriguez Bar Refaeli Beyoncé Bianca Kajlich Bijou Phillips Blake Lively
No comments:
Post a Comment